A US man has been treated for hypothermia after hiking up a snow-covered mountain wearing only shorts and other light clothing in a quest for free pizza.
The unnamed man was trying to win a pizza promised by an Arizona business to anyone who could make it to a radio tower on Mount Elden overlooking Flagstaff.
The mountain, which has an elevation of more than 2740m, was covered in snow from a spring storm when authorities received a report of a man in trouble on Tuesday, Coconino County sheriff's Commander Rex Gilliland said.
A Forest Service lookout at the tower was able to provide the 30-year-old shelter, he said.
"Regardless of what this business offers ... the responsibility falls back to the individual to make good sound decisions about what they're going to do," Gilliland said.
The man was unaware of the forecast or disregarded it when he set out on Tuesday morning, Gilliland said, adding freezing temperature and snowfall on the mountain were clear signs the hike would be dangerous.
"It shouldn't have been a surprise," he said.
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